so the braves and cardinals have that one-game playoff in the wild card. less clear in the american league, rangers, a's, tigers, orioles, yankees all in but two pennant winners have yet to be determined. a couple of times trying to stay out of that wild card game. with all this talk, you might wonder why we're going to show you a pinch-hit at-bat in the marlins game. greenberg got a second chance to step to the plate in the big leagues last night at the age of 31. his at-bat came against 20-game winner r.a. dickey. he respected him enough to pitch him like any other big leaguer. he struck out swinging but got a standing ovation from the crowd in miami. said after the game he could not have been happier with the way things turned out. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," live from washington, new polling numbers from three key battleground states. just out minutes ago, set the backdrop. whelihan did i cap that thing with the "morning joe" crew. when we come back, we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch herman cain. this reduced sodi